Attachment for beer-coolers.



No. 703, 48|. Patented July I, I902.

o. SCHELL. ATTACHMENT FOR BEER GOOLERS.

(Application filed Dec. 80, 1901.)

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OTTO-SCHELL, OF NEW ULM, MINNESOTA.

'ATZTACHMENT FOR B EER-COOLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,481, dated July 1,1902.

Application filed December 30, 1901. Serial No. 87,720. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, OTTO SOHELL, a citize ofthe United States, residing at New Ulm, in the county of Brown andState'of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inAttachments for Beer-Coolers,

of which the following'is a specification.

My invention relates to-improve men ts in an attachment forbeer-coolers, its object being to provide means for treating the wortafter it has been boiled with hops or other material to give it thedesired aroma. This I accomplish by means of a hop-receptacle arrangedwithin the feed-pipe leading to the cooler, whereby all the wort afterbeing boiled must pass through said receptacle on its way to the cooler.I preferably construct said hop-re ceptacle to take the place of theordinary hopjack and also provide means in connectionwith the receptaclefor forcing any beer left in the receptacle from the same to the cooler.

To this end my invention consists in the construction and combinationhereinafter specifically described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, FigureIis a front elevation of a cooler, showing my invention arranged inconnection therewith. Fig. 2 is an end elevation'of'the cooler. Fig. 3is a side elevation ofmy hop-receptacle and the supporting-frameworktherefor, and Fig. 4 is a section on line as w of Fig.3.

In the drawings, A represents an ordinary construction of beer-cooler,consisting of a series of horizontal pipes 2, supported'in the framework'3. Thetop of the framework'is provided with a beer-trough 4,'from whichthe beer passes downward on the outside of the series of pipes 21, whichare kept filled with cold water for cooling the beer as it passes overthem. Arranged below the series of pipes is a trough or tray 5 toreceive the beer after it has passed from the cooler. Arranged adjacentto the cooleris a hop-receptacle B, pivotally supported by means of thetrunnions 6 in a frame 7, preferably portable. The receptacle at its topis provided with a removable cover. 8, held in closed position bymeansof' clamps 9, which fit over the outwardly-projectingfianges 10 and11 of the cover and receptacle-wall, respectively, as shown in Fig. 4.The top of the cover 8 is formed with a neck 12, to which is secured theend of a pipe 13 by means of the union 14, said pipe 13 leading to thebrewing-kettle D. The receptacle is preferably cylindrical and the cover8 in the opposite end'of the receptacle partly rounded, as shown.Leading from the lower end of thereceptacleisa pipe 15, discharging intothe trough 4 at thetop of the cooler and provided with a drain-cock 16and preferably with a valve 22 to regulate the flow over the cooler.lVithin the hop-receptacle B isarrangd an'open-work chamber orreceptacle 0 of similar shape, but smaller, than the outer receptacle,so as to leave an intermediate surrounding space." The inner open-Workreceptacle C-is formed with feet 17, by means of whichit is heldseparated from the bottom of the outer receptacle. An open-work'coverlS-is providedwhi'ch fits over the top of the inner receptacle O'and isprovided with a neck 19 to fit-into'the neck 12 of the outer receptacle,as shown in-Fig. 4.. In order to force all of thewort from the hop- Ireceptacle'to the cooler, I provide a pipe 20,

connectingthe' pipe 13 with a sourceof compressedair supply (not shown)and provided with a regulating-valve 21. ,1 I

-In use theinner open-work receptacle 0 is partly'filled with hops'andthe covers of the inner and outer receptacles thensec'uredin closingposition, as shown in'the drawings. With the parts in this position theinlet-pipe 13 leads from the brewing-kettle to the hop-receptacle andthe pipe 15 leads from the bottom of the hop-receptacle to the top ofthe cooler. All the .wort passing from the brewing-kettle intothereceptacle will percolate through the hops andthrough the-open-workreceptacle to the surrounding space, from whence it will be forced bythe inflowingwort through the outlet-pipe 15 to the beer-cooler. It willthen pass over the cooler in the ordinary manner. The hop sediment,which leaves the brewing-kettle with the wort, will bestrained from thebeer by the inner open-work receptacle B, thus dispensingwitn the use ofthe ordinary hop-jack. When the Wortceases flowing from thebrewing-kettleto the hopreceptacle,.the wort which remains in saidreceptacle is forced from the same to the cooler by opening the valve 21and admitting com= pressed air.

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It will be seen that the hop-receptacle is included within andpractically forms an enlargement of the pipe leading from the brewing-kettle to the cooler. Thus all of the wort which passes to the coolermust pass through the hops, and can thus be given a uniform I clain1 1.The combination with a beer-cooler, a

distributer extending along the entire length and above the top thereof,and a kettle arranged above the level of said distributer, of an uprightclosed receptacle for hops standing alongside said cooler and below saidkettle and distributer, a perforated portion within said receptacle andadjacent to the lower end thereof, an inlet-pipe leading from the kettleinto the upper end of said receptacle, an outlet-pipe leading from thespace between said perforated portion and the adjacent wall of thereceptacle upward to the distributer, the arrangement being such thatall of the wort is passed from said kettle through said receptacle underpressure to said cooler.

2. The combination with a beer-cooler, a distributer along the topthereof, and akettle, of a closed receptacle for hops standing alongsidesaid cooler below said kettle, an openwork inner chamber arranged withinsaid receptacle, a conduit leading from said kettle to the top of saidreceptacle and opening into the receptacle within said open-workchamber, and a conduit leading from the receptacle outside saidopen-work chamber to said distributer.

3. The combination with a beer-cooler, a distributer extending along thetop thereof, and a boiling-kettle, of an upright closed receptacle forhops standing alongside said cooler and below said kettle, an open-workchamber arranged within said receptacle and interspaced from the bottomthereof, a conduit connecting said kettle with said receptacle, saidconduit opening into the upper end of said open-work chamber, and aconduit leading from the lower end of said receptacle outside saidopen-work chamber to'said distributer, whereby all of the wort is passedfrom said kettle to said receptacle under pressure to said cooler.

4. The combination with a beer-cooler and brewing-kettle, of a closedreceptacle for hops arranged alongside said cooler and below saidkett1e,an open-work chamber arranged within said receptacle, a conduitconnecting the kettle with the interior of said open-work chamber, apipe opening into said conduit for the purpose of admitting air thereto,and a conduit leading from the lower end of said receptacle outside saidopen-work chamber to the cooler.

5. The combination with a beer-cooler, and a kettle arranged above thesame, of a closed receptacle for hops arranged alongside said coolerbelow said kettle, an open-work hopretainer within said receptacle, saidretainer being interspaced from the bottom of the receptacle, adetachable cover for the upper ends of said receptacle and retainer, aconduit connecting said kettle and cover and opening into said retainer,a conduit leading from the bottom of said receptacle outside saidretainer upward to the upper portion of the beer-cooler, and a pivotalsupport for said receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

OTTO SCIIELL.

\Vitnesses:

J 0s. A. ECKSTEIN, HENRY H. FLOR.

